There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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The sign brings customers.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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In this world we must help one another.
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